Stone Age Mystery: DNA Reveals Ancient Population Wipeout in France
The Dolmen de la Roche-aux-Fées in Brittany is a Neolithic burial monument typical of early farming communities. DNA…
Ancient Document Confirms “Legendary” African King Actually Existed
Archaeologists have discovered a centuries-old note that captures a Nubian king in the middle of everyday business. King’s…
William Shakespeare’s missing London home has been located in Blackfriars
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A researcher has pinpointed the exact location of William Shakespeare’s…
7,000-Year-Old DNA Rewrites the Story of the “Neolithic Revolution”
The Neolithic Revolution marks the major turning point in human history when societies shifted from hunting and gathering…
Demography and life histories across the Roman frontier in Germany 400–700 ce
Meier, M. Geschichte der Völkerwanderung. Europa, Asien und Afrika vom 3. bis zum 8. Jahrhundert n. Chr. (C.…
New secrets of human evolution unlocked in study of ancient DNA from Europe and Near East
Some 4,000 years ago, as ancient civilizations such as the Minoans in Crete and the Neo-Sumerian Empire in…
Shakespeare’s London Home Finally Located After Centuries of Mystery
In his memorial poem introducing William Shakespeare’s First Folio, Ben Jonson memorably referred to the playwright as the…
Population discontinuity in the Paris Basin linked to evidence of the Neolithic decline
We sampled the cementum layer of 182 teeth excavated from Bury (Supplementary Table 1) and sequenced these to…
Genomic history of early dogs in Europe
Radiocarbon and contextual dating We generated eleven new radiocarbon dates (Supplementary Data 2). Dates were calibrated using the IntCal20…
Study Finds Europe’s Neanderthals Descended from a Single Population
Europe’s late Neanderthals largely came from a single population. Credit: GreekReporter Archive Europe’s Neanderthals may have traced most…